Metal Doumbek Accessories

Product Description: Designed for djembes, this stand may be used for a number of drums, including the Idiopan steel tongue drum. The smaller ring can accommodate a drum up to 9 3/8 inch in diameter. The top and bottom ring are coated in a non-slip rubber. Use this stand to hold your drum while you play, it is the perfect height when you are seated in a chair. Or you can store your drum in the stand to keep it from accidentally tipping over. The six metal struts connecting the two rings provide good stability and support. Over all height 17.5 inches, bottom ring is 14.5 inches in diameter outside and 13.5 inches inside.

Drum Strap for Brass Doumbeks. (Item Code DRST) For Exterior tuned metal Doumbeks. Fully extended from strap end to strap end is 44 1/2" long. From clip end to clip end fully extends to 50 1/2" long. Simple and adjustable strap to hold your drum for play while standing or sitting. If your drum has hooks or bolts, you can clip this strap to the exterior hardware and you are set to go. (Will not work as is, with interior hardware of the Turkish or Egyptian Doumbeks without modifications.)

Shoulder Strap For External Tune Doumbek (Item Code: HK-3200-DK) Remo Doumbek Drum Strap comes in three parts. One strapSmall loop ropeHarness rope with clear tubeStrap Instructions:1. Attach the harness and small loop rope on each end of the drum strap.2. Now loosen one tuning lug and place the small loop rope between the drum and shell of counter hoop. Make sure loop rope is centered over the lug hole. 3. Now, reinsert lug and tighten.4. Open the harness and loop it around the base of the doumbek. 5. Place the strap over head onto one shoulder.Harness will settle in the middle of the drum. Now you can play seated or standing.

Long Clamps for outside tunable metal doumbeks. Set of 4 Hooks and 4 Nuts. Hook is approximately 2-3/8 inches (60 mm) in overall length. Thread length along shaft is 7/8 of an inch (22 mm). Actual measurements may vary.

Mary Ellen Donald has been involved in Middle Eastern music as a dance student and a musician since the late 1960's. She is known by many as the "Guru of finger cymbal playing." Mary Ellen studied dance with Jamila Salimpour, drum and tambourine with Vince Delgado, Tony Lammam, and various Arab drummers. She has written, produced and published several books and tapes on Middle Eastern music. Since the 1970's she has performed in numerous concerts, on albums including Magda Helmy, Gallal Kutub, Yusel Mostafa, and Light Rain, and on the soundtrack ABC-TV series, the Young Indiana Jones. Mary Ellen continues to be in high demand as a musician, teacher, and organizer of events. Her youthful vitality and highly developed sensitivity to music may be partially attributed to her being legally blind. Excerpt from The Caravan, Vol. 13, #6, May/June 1997

This 2-disc set includes Mary Ellen playing most of the examples in the Doumbek Delight book, improvising solos, and playing the accent patterns of each rhythm at length to provide a steady backup for student practice. Volume II Covers Lessons 11-30 from the Doumbek Delight Book. (1976; re-mastered 1999; discs released 2005)

Doumbek Delight and Volume I CD's sold separately.

Mary Ellen Donald has been involved in Middle Eastern music as a dance student and a musician since the late 1960's. She is known by many as the "Guru of finger cymbal playing." Mary Ellen studied dance with Jamila Salimpour, drum and tambourine with Vince Delgado, Tony Lammam, and various Arab drummers. She has written, produced and published several books and tapes on Middle Eastern music. Since the 1970's she has performed in numerous concerts, on albums including Magda Helmy, Gallal Kutub, Yusel Mostafa, and Light Rain, and on the soundtrack ABC-TV series, the Young Indiana Jones. Mary Ellen continues to be in high demand as a musician, teacher, and organizer of events. Her youthful vitality and highly developed sensitivity to music may be partially attributed to her being legally blind. Excerpt from The Caravan, Vol. 13, #6, May/June 1997

This 2-disc set includes Mary Ellen playing most of the examples in the Doumbek Delight book, improvising solos, and playing the accent patterns of each rhythm at length to provide a steady backup for student practice. Volume I covers Lessons 1-10 from the Doumbek Delight Book. (1976; re-mastered 1999; discs released 2005)

Doumbek Delight book and Volume II CD's sold separately.

Mary Ellen Donald has been involved in Middle Eastern music as a dance student and a musician since the late 1960's. She is known by many as the "Guru of finger cymbal playing." Mary Ellen studied dance with Jamila Salimpour, drum and tambourine with Vince Delgado, Tony Lammam, and various Arab drummers. She has written, produced and published several books and tapes on Middle Eastern music. Since the 1970's she has performed in numerous concerts, on albums including Magda Helmy, Gallal Kutub, Yusel Mostafa, and Light Rain, and on the soundtrack ABC-TV series, the Young Indiana Jones. Mary Ellen continues to be in high demand as a musician, teacher, and organizer of events. Her youthful vitality and highly developed sensitivity to music may be partially attributed to her being legally blind. Excerpt from The Caravan, Vol. 13, #6, May/June 1997

Premounted goatskin replacement head for 8" doumbeks. Fits MD08S, MB08S and M08JS drums. Overall height (from the Bottom of the ring to the Top of the playing surface) = 0.5 inch. From the Top of the ring to the Top of the playing surface= 0.35 inch.